A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health
Subtitle: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems
Contributors: Allan V. Horwitz (Editor); Teresa L. Scheid (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 694
ISBN-13: 9780521561334
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Mental health services; Social Work; Psychiatry - General; Medical; Sociology; Psychology; Mental Health; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Psychiatry
First sentence: The sociology of mental health and illness is a very diverse field that encompasses many different approaches to its subject matter.